By Associated Press, November 19, 2009, New York

Mario, the pot-bellied Italian plumber with a penchant for rescuing princesses, collecting golden coins and gobbling magic mushrooms, has been around for nearly three decades
By Associated Press, November 19, 2009, New York

The video game
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is blasting its way into entertainment history.
By Associated Press, November 19, 2009, New York

Users of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles can now brag about their achievements on Facebook as both systems integrate the social network this week.
By Associated Press, November 11, 2009, Los Angeles

Fans lined up for
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, the highly anticipated, first-person shooter video game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision Blizzard.
By Associated Press, November 10, 2009, New York
As its packaged video games business lags, Electronic Arts Inc. has snapped up Playfish Inc., the creator of popular social networking games such as Who Has the Biggest Brain and Pet Society, for $275 million in cash.
By Team Cell Guru, November 9, 2009, New Delhi

Nokia has officially announced that it will put an end to its N-Gage gaming service, integrating it into its Ovi Store.
By Associated Press, November 9, 2009, New York

Fans worldwide are expected to spend at least half a billion dollars on
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 game in the first week.
By Associated Press, October 29, 2009, New York

Footage leaked from
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 reveals that players of the upcoming video game can shoot innocent civilians in an airport in a realistic rendering of a terrorist attack.
By Associated Press, October 27, 2009, Los Angeles

DJ Z-Trip is one of several DJs providing their mixes and likenesses to
DJ Hero, the Activision-published music game set for release October 27.
By Associated Press, October 21, 2009, New York
After six straight months of double-digit declines, US video game sales finally saw an improvement in September.
By Associated Press, October 9, 2009, Los Angeles
Project Runway is strutting to Nintendo's Wii. Atari Inc. is developing a video game based on the popular reality TV fashion competition.
By Associated Press, October 5, 2009, Caracas (Venezuela)

Venezuela's National Assembly is on track to prohibit violent video games and toys. The proposed legislation is expected to get a final vote in the coming weeks.
By Associated Press, September 25, 2009, New York
Sony is planning a spring release of its new motion controller for the PlayStation 3 video game console.
By Associated Press, September 25, 2009, New York

Nintendo has cut the price of its popular Wii console by $50, in a bid to broaden its appeal among potential new customers as it prepares to release the Wii Fit-Plus and New Super Mario Bros. games.
By NDTVGadgets.com, September 23, 2009, New Delhi
Microsoft redefined entertainment once again with the launch of Halo 3: ODST exclusively on the Xbox 360 platform with an all-night console-gaming event held in the city.